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We can harvest methane from cow guts. Should we?
Argentinian scientists hope to harness the methane cows fart and burp by passing a pipe into their stomachs and sucking out the gas for energy.
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Sorry, San Franciscans — New York rated as nation’s best transit city
New York, San Francisco, Boston, and D.C. were rated highly for their abundance of transit options. Colorado Springs was not.
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Squirrels are the true threat to America’s infrastructure
Their sharp little teeth are taking down the electrical grid.
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Cove Point is “Keystone” of the East
For those of you in the Marcellus Shale region, this is an urgent request that you mark your calendar for Thursday, February 20th and make plans to get to Baltimore and bring as many people with you as you can. Why? Because fracking fighters like you from across the Mid-Atlantic are converging on February 20th to take a stand against […]
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Rice paddies providing respite for birds in drought-ravaged California
California's rice growers are being paid to leave water in their paddies for a couple extra months, providing migratory birds with stopover points.
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Farty cows accidentally set a barn on fire
Proof that cow gas is dangerous to more than just your nose!
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Hey pedestrians, here’s when you’re most likely to die
Sure, you can get hit by a car anytime (yay?). But twilight is the most dangerous.
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Chipotle’s new miniseries gives factory farming the “Scandal” treatment
Check out the trailer for "Farmed and Dangerous," which airs on Hulu on Feb. 17. It actually looks pretty entertaining.
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Australian Open heat was a climate-change preview, but at least nobody died
The Australian Open highlighted global warming in southeastern Australia, but hallucinating tennis players are the least of Melbourne's worries.
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How to talk to your polar-vortexed friends
It's hard to bring up global warming (hint: say 'climate change') when it's really cold out, but here are some pointers.
